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RE: Russia and Ukraine
April 16, 2026 at 9:32 pm
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(April 16, 2026 at 1:01 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: I've been hearing over half of Russian troops deployed are being killed before they make it to the nebulous front lines. Can anyone confirm or deny?
Extrapolation and statistics based on casualties from midrange artillery and drone strikes. In some regions it’s claimed that only one in every ten troops actually makes it to the dugout. It’s not all enemy contact though. The Russian military has a prison gang problem.
Iirc, Ukraine and Ukrainian media are the source for individual rates in this or that flashpoint. Russian social media….or what’s left of it, would seem to confirm.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
April 18, 2026 at 9:51 am
My favorite site for downloading NFL games is Russian. It's been down the past few days. It occurs to me this morning that it might be a casualty of war.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
April 22, 2026 at 8:19 am
The Russian Duma is warning of economic collapse triggering a 1917-style revolution this year:
"We've told [Putin] ten times, the economy is bound to collapse...If you don't take immediate action...in the fall we'll face what happened in 1917."
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
April 22, 2026 at 11:02 am
(April 22, 2026 at 8:19 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: The Russian Duma is warning of economic collapse triggering a 1917-style revolution this year:
"We've told [Putin] ten times, the economy is bound to collapse...If you don't take immediate action...in the fall we'll face what happened in 1917."
It would be a great news assuming that only February revolution would be repeated.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
April 22, 2026 at 12:18 pm
(April 22, 2026 at 11:02 am)Ivan Denisovich Wrote: (April 22, 2026 at 8:19 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: The Russian Duma is warning of economic collapse triggering a 1917-style revolution this year:
"We've told [Putin] ten times, the economy is bound to collapse...If you don't take immediate action...in the fall we'll face what happened in 1917."
It would be a great news assuming that only February revolution would be repeated.
I wouldn’t get my hopes up. Politicians have a gift for guessing wrong about economics, second only to that of economists.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
April 22, 2026 at 12:22 pm
(April 22, 2026 at 12:18 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (April 22, 2026 at 11:02 am)Ivan Denisovich Wrote: It would be a great news assuming that only February revolution would be repeated.
I wouldn’t get my hopes up. Politicians have a gift for guessing wrong about economics, second only to that of economists.
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I'm not. I don't think that revolution will repeat but if it did then well, it would be a great news.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
April 22, 2026 at 12:58 pm
More likely simply become a dystopian hellhole with continual civil unrest and violent suppression.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
April 22, 2026 at 2:01 pm
(April 22, 2026 at 12:22 pm)Ivan Denisovich Wrote: (April 22, 2026 at 12:18 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I wouldn’t get my hopes up. Politicians have a gift for guessing wrong about economics, second only to that of economists.
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I'm not. I don't think that revolution will repeat but if it did then well, it would be a great news.
Not everyone agrees about the Russian economy. The current fiasco with Iran is driving up oil prices, which helps Russia.
https://archive.md/CPjfq
And the idea that a revolution in Russia would give us someone better than Putin in charge is a fantasy. People who have convinced themselves that Putin is Satan probably think that no one could be worse. But someone could be a lot lot worse.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
April 22, 2026 at 2:44 pm
(April 22, 2026 at 2:01 pm)Belacqua Wrote: (April 22, 2026 at 12:22 pm)Ivan Denisovich Wrote: I'm not. I don't think that revolution will repeat but if it did then well, it would be a great news.
Not everyone agrees about the Russian economy. The current fiasco with Iran is driving up oil prices, which helps Russia.
https://archive.md/CPjfq
And the idea that a revolution in Russia would give us someone better than Putin in charge is a fantasy. People who have convinced themselves that Putin is Satan probably think that no one could be worse. But someone could be a lot lot worse.
More a crap shoot than a fantasy, but I take your point.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
April 22, 2026 at 2:49 pm
It's not going so great for Russia even if they have been allowed to sell oil because Ukraine is bombing their refineries with drones, like the Tuapse oil refinery, one of Russia's key Black Sea exports.
https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-hits-russi...e-76854298
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